Speak Now

I am not the kind of girlWho should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasionBut you are not the kind of boyWho should be marrying the wrong girlI sneak in and see your friendsAnd her snotty little family all dressed in pastelAnd she is yelling at her bridesmaidSomewhere back inside a roomWearing a gown shaped like a pastryThis is surely not what you thought it would beI lose myself in a daydream, where I stand and say

Don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said "speak now"

Fond gestures are exchangedAnd the organ starts to playA song that sounds like a death marchAnd I am hiding in the curtainsIt seems that I was uninvitedBy your lovely bride to beShe floats down the aisle likeA pageant queenBut I know you wish it was meYou wish it was me(Don't you?)

Don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYou need to hear me out,And they said "speak now"

Don't say yes, run away now,I'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYour time is runnin' outAnd they said "speak now"

I hear the preacher say"Speak now or forever hold your peace"There's a silence, there's my last chanceI stand up with shaky handsAll eyes on meHorrified looks from everyone in the roomBut I'm only looking at you

I am not the kind of girlWho should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasionBut you are not the kind of boyWho should be marrying the wrong girl

Don't say yes, run away nowI'll meet you when you're out of the church, at the back doorDon't wait, or say a single vowYou need to hear me outAnd they said "speak now"

And you'll say "let's run away now"I'll meet you when I'm out of my tux, at the back doorBaby, I didn't say my vowI'm so glad you were aroundWhen they said "speak now"